Backstage Pass: Ep. 159

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Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode comes out a day early, so you can gobble it up before Thanksgiving. First, comedian Travon Free, a producer on Lena Dunham's HBO show Camping, speaks with producer Josh Kross about anti-Semitic old tweets of his that resurfaced last week. Liel sits down with Jewish guest Frederick Wiseman, the legendary filmmaker, to discuss his latest documentary, Monrovia, Indiana. Our gentile of the week, live from Cleveland, is former Rock and Roll Hall of Fame president and CEO Terry Stewart. to talk about what he calls the greatest job in the world, the much-speculated upon Hall of Fame nomination process, and how 'rock and roll' the Hall of Fame's CEO can actually be. We love to hear from you: Send comments and questions for Unorthodox to [email protected] or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Show your love for Unorthodox with our new T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies. Get yours at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. This episode is sponsored by: Little Passports, the perfect holiday gift for the curious kid in your life. Each month they’ll get a fun-filled package with hands-on activities and interactive projects designed to spark their curiosity about geography, world cultures or science. Order today at Littlepassports.com/unorthodox. Hear from fascinating people doing interesting work in Israel, as well as Israelis making their mark across the globe, on Jewish National Fund’s podcast IsraelCast. From spice-master Lior Sercarz of La Boite NYC to Ambassador Ido Aharoni; from “Queen of Kosher” Jamie Geller to former Miss Israel and Ethiopian Jew Titi Aynaw, there’s something for everyone. Find IsraelCast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, or learn more at JNF.org/israelcastpodcast. Belvedere Vodka. certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union and produced in accordance with the legal requirements of Polish Vodka. For more, visit Belvedere Vodka. Check out the Unorthodox Demos, from our favorite Jewbadour Jim Knable.

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0:29.0	unorthodox, all caps.
0:39.0	You're about to listen to Unorthodox, a podcast on which occasionally bad language is used. So, be forewarned, this has been your obscenity warning.
0:47.0	This is on Orthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast. I am your host Mark Oppenheimer, joined this week by no Stephanie Butnik, who is elsewhere.
0:52.0	No Leah Libuitz, who is elsewhere,
0:53.0	no Lea Leibowitz, who is a different elsewhere,
0:55.0	but by our producer Josh Ross.
0:58.0	How are you Josh?
0:59.0	I'm all right, Mark.
1:00.0	I'm doing great.
1:01.0	We also have a Jew of the week. The Jew of the week this week is the
1:04.4	legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman who sat down with Leo Leibowitz to talk
1:08.5	about the art of making documentaries and also about Wiseman's newest documentary
1:12.3	himself.
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